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asked when she finally calmed down.

“That will be Zack Jr’s job,” I informed her.

Amelia raised an eyebrow and gave me an arch look. “Kind of a double standard, don’t you think?”

I frowned and started to defend myself, then stopped because I knew whatever I said wouldn’t make a difference. I might as well be honest, so I shrugged. “I guess so.”

“And how exactly do you expect to keep them from having sex?”

“My little girls would never do anything like that,” I insisted, keeping my head firmly in the sand.

Amelia chuckled and gave me a condescending pat on the shoulder. “Good luck with that.” I tried to hold on to her when she moved to get up, but she managed to dance away and skip to the door. Then she stopped and winked at me. “Didn’t you promise to do some distracting?”

I perked up at her question...literally. “Absolutely,” I agreed and jumped to my feet.

“Great! I’d like an ice cream sundae with chocolate and caramel on the side, lots of extra whip cream, and cherries.”

Obviously, I’d been expecting a different type of distraction, but I would always be happy to do whatever made my wife smile. “Sure, beautiful.” I kissed her cheek as I walked past her and headed to the kitchen.

“Thank you, babe,” she murmured. Her tone was mischievous, and I glanced back at her curiously. “You can bring it to me in bed and distract me by eating it off my body.”

Extra Epilogue

Amelia

As I pulled into our driveway after dropping Julia, Zack Junior, and Lydia off at school, I was surprised to see Delia’s car parked in front of the house. Even though she and her husband finally moved back to Vegas a few months ago, we didn’t see as much of my stepdaughter as we’d like.

Zack had been beside himself when she first brought Danny home toward the end of her senior year of college. Although he’d liked the boy, nobody would ever be good enough for his little girl—not even an honor student about to graduate summa cum laude and soon to be headed off to Harvard Law. Especially not when Delia chose that weekend to drop the bombshell on us that she was following him to Boston.

With three small children, we didn’t get out to see them very often, but Delia and Danny spent a couple of their summers in Vegas. Luckily, Danny had fallen in love with the area and brought Delia back after getting a few years’ experience at a big firm under his belt.

While I was parking, she hopped out and crossed the lawn, twisting her hands together as I climbed out of my car. She was practically glowing, but somehow also pale. When I reached for her hands, I noticed they were trembling. “Delia, sweetheart. What’s wrong? Are you okay?”

“Okay doesn’t even begin to describe how I am,” she answered with a tremulous smile. “I have some amazing news to share.”

“Oh!” I exclaimed, my eyes going wide as I realized what she’d probably come to tell me. “Your dad should be back soon. He...um...uh—”

I was trying to come up with an excuse for why Zack was coming home after being in the office for only an hour because the real reason wasn’t something I wanted to share with his daughter. The last thing she wanted to hear about was our Monday morning quickie tradition. But she was smart enough to figure it out on her own. Wrinkling her nose, she cried, “Ew, stop. Please.”

“Yup, totally stopping here.” My cheeks heated as I hooked my arm through hers and led her into the house.

Delia headed straight to her favorite chair in the living room and sat down, pulling her feet up and wrapping her arms around her shins. Propping her chin on her knees, she grinned at me as I plopped down on the couch. “It’s a good thing you’re sitting down because my news is big. Like bake-me-a-cake big.”

“If your news is what I think it is, I’ll make you anything you want,” I promised, bouncing in my seat with excitement.

Her lips curved up in a huge grin as she announced, “I’m pregnant.”

“Oh, my God! I’m so happy for you!” I jumped up and hugged her. “You’re going to be such a great Mommy.”

“Only because Julia, Zack, and Lydia already broke me in.” She dropped her hand down to cover her still-flat belly. “There isn’t much this little peanut could do to surprise me after all the stuff they’ve pulled when I’ve